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   Message 18,477 of 19,505   
   Bob Barrows to Bob Barrows   
   Re: SQL help again   
   03 Oct 11 12:09:06   
   
   XPost: microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming   
   From: reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com   
      
   Bob Barrows wrote:   
   > To answer your original question, you can subtract the result of   
   > count(distinct column_name) from count(*):   
   >   
   > select count(*) - count(distinct eventid) as null_eventids   
      
   Oh dear. Why did I put that "distinct" in there? I have no idea what I was   
   thinking when I typed that. The correct statement is as CELKO wrote:   
   select count(*) - count(eventid) as null_eventids   
      
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